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Newborn Screening Today and Tomorrow: A Brief Report from the International Primary Immunodeficiencies Congress

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2024, 10(2), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns10020030

This article presents the report of the session on “Newborn Screening for Primary Immunodeficiencies—Now What?” organised during the International Primary Immunodeficiency Congress (IPIC) held in November 2023. This clinical conference was organised by the International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiencies (IPOPI), the global patient organisation advocating for primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) in patients. The session aimed at exploring the advances in newborn screening (NBS) for severe combined immunodeficiency, starting with the common practice and inserting the discussion into the wider perspective of genomics whilst taking into consideration the ethical aspects of screening as well as incorporating families and the public into the discussions, so as to ensure that NBS for treatable rare disorders continues to be one of the major public health advances of the 20th century.
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2023 APHL/ISNS Newborn Screening Symposium

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2023, 9(4), 54; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns9040054

Introduction and Abstracts of the 2023 APHL/ISNS Newborn Screening Symposium in Sacramento, CA, USA from 15–19 October 2023.
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12th ISNS European Regional Meeting Oral and Poster Abstracts

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2021, 7(4), 71; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns7040071

Due to the impact worldwide of COVID-19, the 12th European ISNS meeting planned to be live in Luxembourg in November 2020 became Luxembourg Going Virtual in November 2021. The conference theme derived from the geographic location of Luxembourg was retained: Newborn screening—working together in the heart of Europe. Abstracts of the newborn screening experience and knowledge shared in both oral presentations and posters at the symposium are gathered here to assist in selecting presenters to attend virtually and posters to view online. Some abstract highlights include findings from pilot studies of new screening disorders, the value of screening older previously unscreened children, and benefits of second tier testing.
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Max Wilson and the Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2020, 6(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns6010015

The name Wilson will be forever associated with co-author Jungner and ten principles of population screening published in 1968 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as Public Health Papers No 34. These principles have since been used, modified or extended throughout much of Europe and beyond. Very little was known about Dr. J.M.G. Wilson and his life and how he came to write this monograph until the Silver Jubilee meeting of the International Society for Neonatal Screening held in The Hague in 2016. The opening session was chosen to be ‘The Wilson and Jungner criteria for screening for disease’.
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Introducing and Expanding Newborn Screening in the MENA Region

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2020, 6(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns6010012

This special edition of the International Journal of Neonatal Screening includes the presentations of the fourth Meeting of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region of the International Society for Neonatal Screening (ISNS) held in Limassol, Cyprus, March 8–11, 2020 [...]
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Screening Pathways through China, the Asia Pacific Region, the World

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2019, 5(3), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns5030026

The International Society for Neonatal Screening (ISNS) has met regularly at both international meetings and those of the various chapters [...]
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Reliability of Neonatal Screening Results

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2018, 4(3), 28; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns4030028

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25th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Newborn Screening

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2018, 4(2), 17; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns4020017

From 15–16 June 2018, the 25th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Newborn Screening (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neugeborenenscreening, DGNS) was held at the Van Swieten Hall of the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. For the first time, this annual meeting was held outside Germany and organized by Maximilian Zeyda, PhD and Vassiliki Konstantopoulou, MD (conference presidents), directors of the Austrian Newborn Screening located at the Dept. of Pediatrics at the Medical University of Vienna. A local scientific board formed by Maximilian Zeyda and Vassiliki Konstantopoulou selected presentations from abstracts that were submitted by scientists of 7 countries, highlighting one purpose of this meeting, which was to foster contact and exchange of newborn screening labs of central European countries. Abstracts of invited lectures, oral communications, and posters presented during the meeting are collected in this report.
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Gunnar Jungner and the Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2017, 3(3), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns3030023

We present a biography of Gunnar Jungner, one of the authors of the Principles and Practice of Screening for Disease by JMG Wilson and G Jungner, published by the WHO in 1968. This publication contains ten criteria, which are still consulted, when a new disorder is evaluated for inclusion in a screening program. Gunnar Jungner was a Swedish MD, PhD, specialized in Clinical Chemistry, born in Sweden in 1914. In 1961 he built an automated instrument for the analysis of different components in plasma, with the aim to detect diseases in presumably healthy individuals, to enable start of treatment at an early disease stage. This first automated instrument for Clinical Chemistry in Sweden was used in a screening project, where 90 000 seemingly healthy individuals were included. The study was discussed extensively and he was invited to present the results at different international meetings, where he also met JMG Wilson. Gunnar Jungner developed the instrument further together with his brother Ingmar and the Swedish gas company AGA. The brothers also established an out-patient ward in Stockholm, where people could come for health screening.
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Abstracts of Presentations Scheduled for the 10th ISNS-Asia Pacific Regional Meeting, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, 24–26 August 2017

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2017, 3(3), 20; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns3030020

The International Society for Neonatal Screening (ISNS) recognises six different geographical regions [...]

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23^rd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Newborn Screening (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neugeborenenscreening, DGNS)

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2016, 2(3), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns2030007

From 3–4 June, 2016, the 23^rd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Newborn Screening (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neugeborenenscreening, DGNS) was held at the University Hospital Heidelberg. The meeting was organized by PD Dr. med. Gwendolyn Gramer (conference president) from the Newborn Screening Centreat the University Hospital Heidelberg, Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Prof. Dr. med. Prof. h.c. mult. (RCH) Georg F. Hoffmann, PD Dr. phil. nat. Jürgen G. Okun and PD Dr. med. Gwendolyn Gramer formed the scientific board for the selection of presentations. Abstracts of plenary lectures, oral communications, and posters presented during the meeting are collected in this report.
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ISNS 9th International Symposium, The Hague, The Netherlands, September 11–14, 2016

Int. J. Neonatal Screen. 2016, 2(3), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijns2030005

The International Society for Neonatal Screening (ISNS) was established almost 30 years ago by a small group of international pioneers in the newborn screening ﬁeld.[...]
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